Harbours Act 2015
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Temporary appointment of additional directors | ||
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6. (1) Notwithstanding section 30(1) of the Act of 1996 (as amended by section 39 ) and the memorandum and articles of association of a company, the Minister may, in respect of a company referred to in Schedule 1 , appoint 2 additional directors to the board of a company for a period specified under subsection (4). | ||
(2) In respect of an appointment under subsection (1), the Minister may consult with the chief executive of the local authority in which shares in a company are proposed to be vested under section 8 or to which a company’s harbour is proposed to be transferred under section 28 and the chief executive of that local authority may, following such consultation, recommend to the Minister that a particular person be appointed under subsection (1) and the Minister shall consider such a recommendation. | ||
(3) Subsections (4), (5), (7), (9), (11) and (12) of section 30 (as amended by section 39 ) and section 34 (as amended by section 42 ) of the Act of 1996 apply to a person appointed under subsection (1). | ||
(4) A director appointed under subsection (1) shall be appointed for a period specified by the Minister which period shall expire on— | ||
(a) 31 July 2018, or | ||
(b) such earlier date as the Minister may specify in the appointment. | ||
(5) In this section “chief executive” means the chief executive within the meaning of section 144 (inserted by section 54 of the Local Government Reform Act 2014 ) of the Local Government Act 2001 of the local authority concerned. |